<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div><div class="gmail_default"></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Apologies for the late notice on this, but it was only set up at the last minute. A big thank you to ICANN's remote participation team AND Civic Hall for facilitating. If you can't make it in to the hub, you can still follow online via the session links below. For those unable to make the Monday session, you'll find a recording of the ICANN Policy Briefing Webinar at <a href="http://livestream.com/internetsociety/preicann55">http://livestream.com/internetsociety/preicann55</a> which should bring you up to speed.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><u></u><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:#666666;text-align:center;margin:0px;padding:0px;background:#dddddd"><table style="width:100%;background:#dddddd" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><tbody><tr><td><span style="display:none!important"> joly posted: "ICANN's 55th Meeting takes place this week in Marrakech, Morocco. ISOC-NY, in partnership with Civic Hall, will host a NYC remote hub for the two Public Forum sessions. The hub will be fully interactive, with 2-way video, and refreshments will be supplied" </span><table style="width:100%;padding:10px" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><table style="width:100%;text-align:left;max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto;background-color:#ffffff" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><br><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><div style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55"><img style="max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid #cccccc; background-color: white;" src="https://meetings.icann.org/sites/default/files/resize/icann55_marrakech_logo_300x255-230x196.png" alt="ICANN 55" border="0"></a><strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55">ICANN's 55th Meeting</a></strong> takes place this week in <strong>Marrakech, Morocco</strong>. ISOC-NY, in partnership with Civic Hall, will host a <strong>NYC remote hub</strong> for the <strong>two Public Forum sessions</strong>. The hub will be <strong>fully interactive</strong>, with 2-way video, and refreshments will be supplied. This is an important opportunity to participate in the Internet Governance process at a critical time in ICANN's development - not just the finalization of the IANA transition, casting off the reins of the US Government, but also other critical issues, such as the further advancement of the TLD expansion, what to do with the millions of revenue from same, how to resolve the conflicts between privacy and transparency in determining a new WHOIS framework, and much more. The issues will be broadly defined at the<strong> <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule/mon-public-forum">first Public Forum session</a> (Noon-1:30pm EST Monday March 7) </strong>where there will be some time for clarifying questions, and then fully discussed at the <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule/thu-public-forum">second Public Forum session</a> (8:30am-11am Thursday March 10)</strong>. You will be able to address the entire ICANN Plenary from the remote hub. Please <strong>join us at Civic Hall and have your say!</strong></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>What: ICANN 55 Public Forum NYC Remote Hub<br> Where: Civic Hall, 156 5th Ave NYC, 2nd Floor (at 20th st)<br> When: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule/mon-public-forum">Public Forum 1</a> - Monday Mar 7 noon-1:30pm EST<br> <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://​https//meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule/thu-public-forum">​Public Forum 2</a> - Thursday Mar 10 8:30-11:00 am EST<br> Register: Monday - <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://www.meetup.com/isoc-ny/events/229405818/">http://www.meetup.com/isoc-ny/events/229405818/</a><br> Thursday: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://www.meetup.com/isoc-ny/events/229405846/">http://www.meetup.com/isoc-ny/events/229405846/</a><br> Twitter: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=%23ICANN55%20%20NYC&src=typd">#ICANN55 + NYC</a></strong></p></div><p style="direction:ltr;line-height:1.4em;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;font-size:14px;color:#666666;padding:1em 0px 0em;width:auto"> </p><table style="width:auto" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="width:10px"><a style="border-radius:10em;border:1px solid #11729e;text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;padding:5px 15px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;margin-left:0px;white-space:nowrap;background-color:#2585b2" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8347#respond">Comment</a></td><td>   <a style="color:#2585b2;text-decoration:underline" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8347#comments">See all comments</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;text-align:left;border-top-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#dddddd;background-color:#efefef" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#efefef"><tbody><tr><td style="border-top-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#f3f3f3;color:#888888;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background:#efefef"><p style="direction:ltr;color:#444444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;margin:0px 0px 10px"> </p><p style="direction:ltr;color:#444444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;margin:0px"> </p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"><strong>​Permalink</strong></div><br> <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8347">http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8347</a><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width: 100%; height: 3px; background-image: ; background-color: #43a4d0;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><img src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?blog=10787942&post=8347&subd=isoc-ny.org&ref=&email=1&email_o=jetpack&host=jetpack.wordpress.com" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0"></div></div><div><br><br></div><div> </div><div> </div><div class="gmail_signature"> </div></div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>---------------------------------------------------------------<br><span>Joly MacFie  <span title="Call with Google Voice"><span id="gc-number-11" class="gc-cs-link" title="Call with Google Voice">218 565 9365</span></span> Skype:punkcast</span><br>--------------------------------------------------------------<br>-</div></div></div>
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